893 Episodes

  1. The 1904 St. Louis Marathon Was Absolutely Bonkers

    Published: 8/11/2022
  2. Andrew Jackson Beat the Snot Out of His Would-be Assassin

    Published: 8/9/2022
  3. CLASSIC: When (and why) did the US start calling its citizens consumers?

    Published: 8/4/2022
  4. A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part Two: Reality Goes Global

    Published: 8/2/2022
  5. A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part One: An Origin Story

    Published: 7/28/2022
  6. Surprising Former Careers of the Famous

    Published: 7/26/2022
  7. A Humorous History of Genetics

    Published: 7/21/2022
  8. Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The World's Only (Recognized) Double Atomic Bomb Victim

    Published: 7/19/2022
  9. Gods of Deception, Part II: Art, History, Fiction and War

    Published: 7/14/2022
  10. Gods of Deception, Part I: Alger Hiss in the Halls of Power

    Published: 7/12/2022
  11. Operation LAC: That Time Uncle Sam Sprayed Poison Across St. Louis

    Published: 7/7/2022
  12. CLASSIC - Does the US Confederacy Still Exist in Americana, Brazil?

    Published: 7/5/2022
  13. Millerism, Part II: The Great Disappointment (and the Aftermath)

    Published: 6/30/2022
  14. CLASSIC - Did a Real-Life Rainmaker Almost Drown San Diego?

    Published: 6/28/2022
  15. Millerism: America’s First End Times Gospel

    Published: 6/23/2022
  16. Ben Franklin Faked a Rival's Death to Promote His Almanac

    Published: 6/21/2022
  17. Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part II: A Pseudoscience (Sort of) Informs the Modern Day

    Published: 6/16/2022
  18. Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part I: The Rise of Dr. Finger

    Published: 6/14/2022
  19. Nancy Wake, the White Mouse of the French Resistance

    Published: 6/9/2022
  20. The US Boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and Puerto Rican Boxers Went Anyway

    Published: 6/7/2022

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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.